Welcome to Big Sky Country, where the frontside Ollies are taller and the kinked rails lead you right into freshwater lakes. Red Bull’s Jake Wooten launched over the past year with Bobby Bils and Ira Ingram behind the camera for pro’s latest feature, “Big Sky.”
The front-three god has outstanding flow and some unexpected tricks under his belt—the way he distorts the ender is a thing of magnificence.
“This will be my third legit part. I’ve had parts when I was younger that were just compilations of clips at skateparks, but I wouldn’t consider those legitimate video parts,” he explains.
When asked if this is the best part of the “series”, “I hope it is. I’m proud of what I was able to do in the time we were given. But there’s always the desire to do more. There are always going to be things left on the table, tricks you didn’t get for the part. But I’m very stoked on how it all came together. It really struck me. It’s crazy what those guys can do behind the lens.”
Jake was extremely involved in the whole process, from picking the songs for the final edits, picking the filmers, and much more. Jake explains that this was one of the best projects he could’ve worked on due to the flexibility he was given. When asked if there was anyone in particular who he would’ve wanted to film with him, he went, “I love Ira as a person and I really love what he does behind a camera. So why not? Having those two dudes [Bobby Bils & Ira Ingram] was such great energy to be around.”
He also shares why the hell this series is called ‘Big Sky’, “Originally, I wanted to call it “Azul,” but “Big Sky” is pretty similar. It doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with a lot of my clips being from Montana. That was the first trip I took for the video part—went to Mizzoula for a week with Bobby, and he and I had really never spent much time together. It was cool to get to know him. But Ira ended up coming up with the name “Big Sky.”
The film took nearly seven months to film for about five minutes of killer footage.
In an interview with Red Bull Jake reveals the secret to a frontside ollie on tranny, “Let the quarterpipe do the work. Always keep your legs moving in the air. If your left leg is sucking up, your right leg is doing the same or the opposite. Just always make sure you’re doing consistent movement because the second you completely stop in the air, your board falls off. The ramp does all the work. You’re just extending the ramp with your feet.”
